Johann Gottfried Kriedel in Budissin (Bautzen), 120 mm, 1150 g, circa 1740

A fine coach clock with hour self strike, hour repeating mechanism and alarm - with original leather transport case
Case: outer case - brass, leather covered, decoration studs, sound openings, large lateral hinge. Inner case - silver, open-worked decoration with finest hand-engraved cartouches, rocailles, volutes and foliate scrolls, rear bell, two strings for repetition. Dial: silver, Champlevé, central alarm disc with Arabic numerals. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, 2 florally engraved barrels for striking- and alarm train, 1 hammer, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance.

Johann Gottfried Kriedel was born in 1702. He is first mentioned 1735 as living and working in Bautzen; from 1754 on he also worked in Cottbus. Kriedel died in 1757.